Chip Ingram Quotes
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Love is giving someone what they need most, when they deserve it least, at great personal cost to yourself.
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Most of us learn to trust, not because we’re noble, brave, or godly, and certainly not because we have it together, but when we don’t have any other choice.
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God has never sat around biting his nails, wondering what Hitler and Pol Pot and Saddam Hussein were going to do.
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Love says, "I'm with you, let's deal with it.”
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Authentic followers of Christ follow Him in the midst of a hostile and toxic environment.
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Love is not a feeling; it's giving someone what he or she needs most when it is least deserved. That's how God loved me, and I choose to stick with the program.
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Love was the early Christians' marketing plan and their business card was joy.
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If we want to see God as he longs for us to see him, we must look at Jesus very closely.
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Some of the dumbest things we do are done out of anger and bitterness when someone has wronged us.
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If you simplify your life, quit chasing the wind, and be quiet before Him, He'll show up.
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There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave.
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Love sticks around even when it has a lot to put up with.
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Our violent, narcissistic, noncommittal, “me first” culture is simply the logical and predictable expression of “truth” as a relative, subjective, unverifiable concept.
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Stop worrying about being your child's buddy. You are the only one in the world with the primary responsibility of giving your child what he needs, not what he wants.
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God gives us the ingredients for our daily bread, but he expects us to do the baking!
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Character is always more caught than taught.
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When you bow your head to pray - when you’re in a jam and you need to ask God for something - are you aware of who you’re talking to?
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Christians are like teabags, you don't really know what they're like until you put them in hot water.
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Worry and anxiety are not great thoughts; faith in God’s promise is.
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Unfortunately, most Christians do not understand the battle they are fighting, the enemy that they face, or the means God has provided to overcome the temptations and deception of this present world system.
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But the second half of the message has been sorely neglected: the part about God’s dream that you become a precious and cherished son or daughter living in deep union with Him.
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There's nothing wrong with dreaming about accomplishing great things, as long as that desire isn't focused on one's own glory.
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To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.
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God delights to do ... impossible things through improbable people to impart exceeding grace to undeserving recipients.